One of Australia’s most sustainable and ethical premium swimwear brands, GALI Swimwear offers beautiful designs, innovative fabrications and exceptional fit and quality. With each design, GALI Swimwear translates authentic First Nations art into mens swimwear with classic cuts and using premium recycled materials. The Gathering Pipis swim brief is a truly celebratory design, with the soft pastels of the overlapping shells transforming in the water to become rich, vibrant colours that glisten in the sunlight.

Length: Size XS. Our model is 183.5cm (6’0”) tall with a 81cm (32”) waist.

- Made in Australia
- 6.5 cm side width
- Premium recycled material
- Fully lined in front
- White internal drawstring

ARTWORK STORY

This artwork is inspired by Worimi-Birip artist Jake Simon's childhood memories of gathering pipis [small, edible saltwater clams]. He would go campaign with his family at the Myall Lakes, part of the country of the Worimi Aboriginal people, and gather pipis on the shoreline of the beach - similar to his ancestors.

In this piece the overlapping semi-circles are symbolic of the pipis he would gather. The colours are representative of both his identity as an LGBTQIA+ person, and directly of the pipis and their environment. The light pinks and purples are reminiscent of the inside shell of the pipis, while the yellows and greens represent the beach areas the pipis would grow and the surrounding wildlife areas.